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Article: The art of Chinese medicine: Qing Ye is one of around 100 Chinese doctors practicing traditional Chinese medicine in Switzerland. Her cures could be the answer to illnesses that are not successfully treated by Western medicine.(Expat Profile)
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- Swiss News
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- August 1, 2003
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Using herb mixtures and acupuncture, combined with exercises and changes in diet, Dr. Qing Ye successfully treats patients at Bern's Chinamed Zentrum. Allergy, backache, colitis, migraine, and other chronic illnesses that are not handled well by Western medicine are particularly responsive to traditional Chinese medicine (referred to as TCM).
A slim woman with delicate hands and wavy shoulder-length hair, the doctor is a soothing presence. When she talks, her face grows animated.
With the help of a translator, Swiss News learns about her successful diagnoses and cures. Recalls Ye, "I treated a woman who said she'd had chronic diarrhoea for 10 years. ...